Surviving incarceration : inside Canadian prisons
Record details
- ISBN: 9781771120531 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1771120533 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
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xi, 245 pages ; 23 cm - Publisher: Waterloo, Ontario : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, [2014]
- Copyright: ©2014
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction to federal corrections in Canada -- What about safety? -- Correctional services of Canada -- Provincial versus federal corrections -- Understanding the classification system: prisoner classification -- Hierarchy: Crime, sexuality, masculinity, and safety -- Violence and theory: the prison atmosphere -- Maximum-security prisons: controls within the institution -- High-medium-security prisons: controls within the institution -- Low-medium- and minimum-security prisons: controls within the institution -- The inmate code -- The sex offender stigma -- The personal side: coping, changing, for better or worse -- Resources and programming -- Industry growth: for better or worse. |
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Subject: | Male prisoners -- Canada -- Social conditions Male prisoners -- Canada -- Psychology Male prisoners -- Canada -- Interviews Prisons -- Canada -- Sociological aspects |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Lansdowne Library | HV 9507 R52 2014 (Text) | 26040003179278 | Main Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |